The Democratic Party has finished the post-election analysis report, often referred to as an “autopsy” as it’s designed to diagnose the cause of failure, ideally for purposes of not losing the next election.
The DNC has decided not to release it.
In the interest of both transparency and making our party better and stronger, here are some of the items that either are in the report, or should be in the report. I’m going to go in the rough order in which I think they rank, most serious mistake first:
1 We got away from working people. Dems lost their way. Once the party of unions and working class voters and concerns, they lost their focus.
2 We became the party of the rich. This one is astounding to me. First of all, the rich have a national political party, it’s called the Republican Party and the rich own it lock stock and barrel. They don’t need the Democratic Party except for greed greed greed.
Working people desperately need the Democratic Party to stand up for them. It is often our only hope.
3 The Democratic Party became weak and soft. We don’t exhibit strength or toughness. Ever. I’m not saying we need knuckle-dragging morons as leaders. I am saying quit acting like wussies.
4 We discourage primaries. When I say “we” I mostly mean party elders and leaders at the top echelon who think they know what’s best for the party and don’t want the messiness that comes with an election and an open and honest debate about issues.
5 The Democratic Party became too elitist. It manifests itself, in part, with the lack of primaries, but is most evident in the behavior and actions of some of our top leaders.
6 The Democratic Party lost touch with young people. This is in part because young people vote at such a low percentage. But how much of “young people don’t vote” happens because young people see two political parties who are completely out of touch with the reality they’re experiencing every day?
7 The Democratic Party is stuck in the past. We continue to door knock like it’s 1999. Except people don’t answer the door as much any more (especially young people). Did we even have a YouTube strategy? A social media strategy? Don’t do one podcast each election. Do one podcast every day.
8 Poor messaging. I’m reluctant to even add this one, it’s the typical Dem excuse – “Oh, our messaging was off.” It’s our go-to excuse, and I guess any election loser anywhere any time had “poor messaging” because they lost. That said, the messaging in 2024 was indeed horrible.
9 We blame voters instead of understanding them and their experiences. I never want to hear the phrase “low information voter” ever again. They have as much information as you and I do. In their gut, they don’t feel the Democrats are looking out for them. It’s not a lack of information feeding that gut feeling.
The 2024 election, and more specifically, the failure of the Democratic Party to identify and neutralize the threat Donald Trump posed to this nation, is hands down the biggest fucking mistake of the 21st Century so far. It’s not even close.
I’m running to address many of the issues I identified above. I’m a Teamster. I know what it’s like to struggle day to day just to pay the bills. And when I jumped in this race, it seemed likely there would be no primary otherwise.
The Democratic Party needs to do better. We have the potential to be the strongest barrier to a dictatorship. If we can be strong for a change!
I’m running to give the voters in Commerce City and Welby the chance to send a message to our party leaders. Enough of the issues and problems I’ve identified above. Let’s get back to a working class agenda, let’s stand up to a fascist President, and let’s deliver for working people. That’s a formula for success, I promise!
